What is Belgium best known for?
– Eddy Merckx, one the best cyclist ever – Kim Clijsters, number one female tennisplayer – Justin Henin, number two female tennisplayer – Kim Gevaert, the fastest woman in Europe at the moment – Tia Hellebaut, no woman in Europe can jump higher then her at the moment – Mercator, who invented the popular map projection, and made the first atlas – Rubens, Magritte, our most famous painters – Vesaluis, who made the basement for todays anatomy – Adolf Sax, the inventor of the… saxophone Surealism, in all kinds: for only 10,5 million people, living on 32.500 square kilometres, we have 3 communities (one for each language) but also 3 regions (Flanders, Wallonie and Brussels) and even 6 governments…
